Army Minor Capital Program

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Army Minor Capital Program
LTCOL Peter Schofield SO1 Army Minor Projects,
AHQ Brief to Land Environment Working Group 22
June 2006
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Scope

• Definition of Minor
• Minors Process
• Management Challenges
• Project Examples
• Questions

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Minor Projects

• Project investment cost less than 20M.
• Multi-item acquisitions less than 1M per unit.
• No significant Joint Service or policy
  implications.
• Pre-approval managed by AHQ with DGLD.
• Post-approval managed by DMO.
• A means by which Army capability can be
  relatively rapidly acquired.
• Approximately 75m per year for Army

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Minors Process

• Consists of four major stages
• Development
• Scrutiny
• Endorsement
• Project Approval

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Minors Process

• Development
• proposals through Functional Comds to AHQ/DGLD
• Management Committee 1st Pass endorsement if
  worthy of further development
• Scrutiny
• Stakeholder involvement
• IPT formed to consider all aspects
• More detailed market survey to refine
  costs/schedule

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Minors Process

• Endorsement
• Key stakeholders agreement
• Management Committee 2nd Pass endorses
• Project Approval
• Delegate approves finance for project
• CA lt5m, MINDEF 5m-8m, MINDEF MINFIN 8m-20m

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Minors Process

• Minor Low Value Items (MLVI)
• Up to 0.500m
• Abbreviated approval process
• Very flexible

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Minors Process Summary
Any Unit
Functional Comd Dev Branches
Management Committee (MINCAPMC)
Proposal
1st Pass
AHQ
DGLD
Management Committee (MINCAPMC)
2nd Pass
Endorsed COLDEV or DGPP-A
Acquisition
MLVI EEV
Delegate
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Management Challenges

• The word Minor
• Staff capacity in Functional Commands
• DMO capacity

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Project Examples
Ceremonial Vehicles
Sniper System
Police bikes
M4A1 Modular Weapon System
Echidna replacement
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Project Examples

• Proposed Projects
• Light Tracked Backhoe
• Light Tracked Bulldozer
• Light Wheeled Tractor
• Medium Self Propelled Vibrating Roller
• Wheeled Tractor Scraper

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Project Examples

• Proposed Projects
• Land Based Survey Equipment
• Virtual Reality Parachute Simulator
• Long Range Night Capable Laser Range Finder
• EOD Tools
• AFV Moving Target System
• Rapid Shelter System

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Project Examples

• Proposed Projects
• Rural Firetrucks
• Speed Measuring Guns
• Urban Operations Training Facilities
• 0.338 Calibre Sniper Rifle
• UAV Targets
• RFSU Watercraft

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Project Examples

• Proposed Projects
• Tactical Training Simulation Site Canungra
• Fuel Tankers Aviation
• Unmanned Ground Vehicles
• Combat Hearing Protection
• Field Catering Equipment
• Field Refrigeration

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Questions?
My Contact Details LTCOL Peter Schofield SO1
Army Minors R1-4-A042 02 6265 3354 Peter.Schofield
1_at_defence.gov.au Note numeral 1 after surname
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